Teru Ando
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Teru Ando was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic bronze statue of the loyal dog Hachiko in Tokyo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Teru Ando canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5635222 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teru Ando Context triple: [Hachiko Statue, creator, Teru Ando]
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A.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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B.
Seibou Kitamura
Seibou Kitamura was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic Peace Statue in Nagasaki, commemorating the victims of the atomic bombing.
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C.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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D.
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
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E.
Hajime Wakai
Hajime Wakai is a Japanese video game composer best known for his work on Nintendo franchises such as Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teru Ando Target entity description: Teru Ando was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic bronze statue of the loyal dog Hachiko in Tokyo.
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A.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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B.
Seibou Kitamura
Seibou Kitamura was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic Peace Statue in Nagasaki, commemorating the victims of the atomic bombing.
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C.
Minoru Ōta
Minoru Ōta was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the defense of the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II and became known for his final message praising the Okinawan people.
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D.
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
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E.
Hajime Wakai
Hajime Wakai is a Japanese video game composer best known for his work on Nintendo franchises such as Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese sculptor
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human ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| basedOn | Hachiko ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bronze sculpture
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public art ⓘ |
| genre | sculpture ⓘ |
| hasCreated | bronze statue of Hachiko ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
animal sculpture
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public monument ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Japanese public art traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century Japanese sculpture ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating the iconic statue of the loyal dog Hachiko ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hachiko statue
ⓘ
linked to:
Hachiko Statue
bronze statue of Hachiko at Shibuya Station ⓘ
linked to:
Hachiko Statue
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| notableWorkLocation |
Shibuya Station
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Shibuya Station Hachiko-guchi (Hachiko Exit) ⓘ
linked to:
Hachiko Square
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| occupation | sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Japan ⓘ |
| subjectOfWork |
Hachiko bronze statue
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linked to:
Hachiko Statue
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| workLocation |
Shibuya, Tokyo
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linked to:
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Teru Ando Description of subject: Teru Ando was a Japanese sculptor best known for creating the iconic bronze statue of the loyal dog Hachiko in Tokyo.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.